Meaning & use
rose
A fragrant flower, often red or pink, that grows on a thorny shrub and symbolizes love or beauty.
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He gave her a single red rose on their anniversary.
The garden was filled with roses of nearly every color imaginable.
A note on using this word
Rose is also the past tense of the verb rise, as in the sun rose over the hills, an unrelated word with the same spelling.
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